September 8, 2009

September 4, 2009

Antony Micallef (born 1975 in Swindon), Englishcontemporary artist and painter.

Internationally acclaimed artist Antony Micallef appeared on the art scene in 2000, winning second prize in the BP National Portrait Award. Since then his mix of political imagery fused with contemporary expressionism has won him world wide acclaim. Recent exhibitions include group shows at the Royal Academy and the Tate Britain. It’s reported that collectors of his work include Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Damien Hirst among others.

Décollage, in art, is the opposite of collage; instead of an image being built up of all or parts of existing images, it is created by cutting, tearing away or otherwise removing, pieces of an original image[1]. Examples include inimage or etrécissements and excavations. A similar technique is thelacerated poster, a poster in which one has been placed over another or others, and the top poster or posters have been ripped, revealing to a greater or lesser degree the poster or posters underneath.

There's a high outside of heightthat can paralyze the air if yourbreathing becomes numb.While in flight I try to feather steparound heavy clouds; rain skippingacross the sky like pebbles.

Inevitably, I'll come down becauseit's not wings that are needed,it's a mind that can rape gravityand puncture solid substancesto abuse mass as science tamesthe masses with airplanes.

Take a seat, we'll be on our way.Pass the pipe if you want to see yourtarot cards thrown out the window.We're parrots, soon to breed elephantswho wait for crackers and peanuts.Attendants to our grass cage addictionare saying "I'm sorry for the weight."

A Street Piano is a piano placed in the street which passers-by are encouraged to play. The best known examples are the Play Me, I'm Yours projects by artist Luke Jerram.

Play Me, I'm Yours

A Play Me, I'm Yours piano being played near london's Millennium Bridge

Artist Luke Jerram has put together street pianos instalations in various cities. The initiative comes as a reaction of a creative individual to the general rule, prohibiting anyone to play music in public places without special arrangement - no matter how skilful you are at playing your piano or how popular your music is with the audience. Any musician would have been stopped immediately by security outside the City of London and Sing London festival.

30 Street pianos were set up across Sydney for the Sydney Festival 2009. A website (www.streetpianos.com) was set up for the public to upload and share their films, photos and stories of the pianos being played.

In June - July 2009 30 Play Me, I'm Yours painted pianos by Luke Jerram were installed across London "like a creative blank canvas" for members of the public to play. The painting on each paino was chosen to suit it's location.[2] The project was produced by Sing London and City of London Festival[2] at a cost of £14,000.[3] A music license had to be obtained for the location of each piano.[3]

In Sheffield The Street Piano was a piano on the pavement on Sharrow Vale Road in Sheffield, UK. It was originally left outside temporarily because the owner could not get it up the steps into his new house. As a social experiment the owner and a friend then attached a sign inviting passers by to play the piano for free. This offer was taken up by a great many people and the piano became a part of the local community. It has so far survived for over a year, including being stolen and subsequently replaced by a newer model (having 4/5 separate volunteers willing to provide a new one).

It became the center of a local campaign once the council decided it constituted an abandoned item, and the campaign to save it spread quickly to local news outlets, and several articles on Indymedia. As of July 2006 a spokesman said in an interview for the National BBC Radio 4 that the piano was no longer under threat of removal.

The project is composed of local artists, who go by their first namesonly (Christian, Jacques, Greg, Mike[3] and Andy[4]) for fear ofprosecution. James Canning, communications coordinator for the Mayor's office of Detroit, views the artists' actions as unlawful andvandalism, stating that any demolitions which took place following the project's painting expeditions have been coincidental.[5]